Nicole at 25

At first glance, Nicole seems not to be particularly interested in anything at all. She can stand around, sit around, or even walk around with no expression. No interest in the day, the time, especially no interest in what may be passing her by. There are many people who have said that “she’s rude,” “she’s conceited,” or “she has no manners,” but these people don’t seem to know the real Nicole. If people would just put their feelings aside they would notice that Nicole isn’t much of a snob at all; she prefers to be called shy, which is a lot less critical. Shy or not, Nicole can move past this rigid exterior and be overly nice to a whole lot of people.
Picking and choosing isn’t the norm for most people, or is it? Nicole actually doesn’t like to play favorites, but it is only part of her daily routine. If you care to know, Nicole is a server at a casino restaurant and no matter how rude, indecisive, or impatient some guests can be, Nicole goes way beyond her own expectations to make sure that every guest is content beyond their own justifications. This of course means that anyone that gets in the way of her good service had better look out. It is also certainly true that her attitude can’t go on for days, her cooks can’t always get the orders right, her customers can’t always be pleased, her supervisor can’t always cut the shift short, and her feet can’t always remain pain free. But it’s good money, it’s good benefits, and it’s her job until she can earn a degree.
Besides worrying about school and what hours she can actually afford to work, Nicole often worries about her health, but not in a normal way. Nicole is a self proclaimed hypochondriac. Her family may not know very much about her obsessions, but her friends
certainly have a clue. Nicole has told many stories in the past about how a spider bite in eighth grade gave her flesh eating bacteria, or about the time she accidentally mixed Benadryl with an energy drink and swears she had a minor stroke, even though the doctor told her it was only an optical migraine. Nicole knows better to trust the doctors who know far more about the human body than Nicole’s BIO 201 and 202 could explain.
This brings us to Nicole’s rekindled love for science. Nicole wishes to become a nurse one day, if all goes well, but if not who knows that will happen to all those biology, chemistry and microbiology credits when she changes her major. But like every young Native American college student, one day Nicole would like to return to her reservation and serve her tribe, in a much different way than she serves people now. It’s true that Nicole has a warm heart and a sincere yearning for positive outcomes; and this is the part of her that she wishes to be seen.